When Faced with Seemingly Insurmountable Challenges, It Is Useful to Break

question 7

Multiple Choice

When faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges, it is useful to break big problems down into small steps. Which of the following is not a reason why this is a good strategy?

• A)Tackling small day-to-day things keeps our minds off of the looming big stuff.
• B)Incremental challenges are immediate and tangible enough to engage people, but don't overwhelm them.
• C)Defining problems incrementally keeps arousal in the optimal moderate range-- not too low, not too high.
• D)Small wins offer intermittent bursts of success that are reinforcing, and thus motivating.

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